waypoint path not working

[prophet]

anyone know how to fix it? my map and GPS is on but when i put down a marker it doesn't show pathing. tried turning off map/GPS for a bit n wait before turning it on, fast traveling back and forth, restarting, reinstalling. nothing works. any fixes?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Screenshots?
Videos?

If the marker is no way near a path/road; then it's not going to really work like you want it to.

If you are on a mission/quest where a Yellow Pathway is highlighted, you can still use a Red Marker and it still marks that path. But during such a time when you have a yellow path, you can't see the red path, only the red (X) marker on your mini-map off on the outer edge to mark direction of marker; due to the yellow pathway is overlayed ontop of the red pathway.

[prophet]

tried while standing on the main road as well, didn't work. the yellow mission paths as well. shows in a direct path with dashes. i cant do trader missions or moonshiner missions. bounty hunts are ok if i keep opening map every 1min or so. ill post some pics soon, just don't want to log back in. this didn't happen couple months back. took a break and was getting back to it 2 days ago and there it was

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Kind of need to see some screenshots at least.
Verify your game cache.
Wipe out all GPU Drivers, reboot and install them fresh, then setup the GPU control panel properly.

[I'm gaming]

It’s a common bug after latest patch. Change a session, restart the game, disable and re-enable radar can be emergent fixes but no ultimate solution now.

[prophet]

Originally posted by I'm gaming:

It’s a common bug after latest patch. Change a session, restart the game, disable and re-enable radar can be emergent fixes but no ultimate solution now.

ooh...guess ill wait for next patch. thx mate

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Are you playing RDO via Public Sessions? That right there could be your problem.

You say the latest patch broke some features. Yet the Stables are fixed now and all is quite we'll now. Only new issue I see is you can't grab someone with rope and directly hog-tie them or it bugs out and ties you up instead. Only way around that I see without killing the person is use fists or a weapon and knock them out, then hog-tie them. It's very annoying if trying to do Bounties though. Aside from that everything is working.

Cheaters however can mess with public sessions and cause your game to crash or cause various game features not to work. Such as inability to use Horse or any Weapons when within the vicinity of the cheating player, stuff like that.

[prophet]

Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:

Are you playing RDO via Public Sessions? That right there could be your problem.

You say the latest patch broke some features. Yet the Stables are fixed now and all is quite we'll now. Only new issue I see is you can't grab someone with rope and directly hog-tie them or it bugs out and ties you up instead. Only way around that I see without killing the person is use fists or a weapon and knock them out, then hog-tie them. It's very annoying if trying to do Bounties though. Aside from that everything is working.

Cheaters however can mess with public sessions and cause your game to crash or cause various game features not to work. Such as inability to use Horse or any Weapons when within the vicinity of the cheating player, stuff like that.

yea i usually go on public. yup the reason why i didn't want to log back yesterday was cuz of a cheater. he killed my bounty target while the target was on my horse and when i shot him with a shotgun didn't take any damage at all

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Play in a Private Session. Especially when doing Role related stuff that you can do yourself. Why go into Public Sessions for that?

[Shoah Kahn]

Waypoints in this game, as with most aspects of RDO, seem to be designed to lead the player the longest away around to wherever they place it. Moreover, in free roam mission, the default waypoint is almost always simply the path taken to be engaged by scripted enemy encounters -- i.e., you're far better off setting your own, partial way points and creating you own path back, as you avoid the repetitive enemies who always ambush you on the way back to a mission checkpoint.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Sometimes it's just not the best route when you pick a spot pretty far away.
Maybe pick something a bit shorter distance, then when getting close to that, open the big map and change it to be further ahead.

If the (X) marker destination is not near a path/road (like say off the path up a big hill or into the woods, it can't navigate you there in a specific manner, only to the path/road closest to there, then you're on your own to find your way.

It would be like relying on Google Maps/GPS to lead you safely and accurately through woods and mountains that have no real pathways.

This is all one reason why I suggest users play Story Mode, as then you'll be a master a getting around without markers in RDO once you learn the visuals of the map much more. It's a major reason why I was well prepared for getting around in RDO, as well as GTA Online (played that Story first and learned the game map)

[prophet]

Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:

Play in a Private Session. Especially when doing Role related stuff that you can do yourself. Why go into Public Sessions for that?

you know what..found a mod that allows us to make private lobbys. and i did..way point is working fine in private lobby.plus no hackers..enjoying my peaceful play now

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Don't use no mods.
Just make a startup.meta file
Instructions and file contents are on my comments profile.
If you use a mod to do it, you'll eventually get banned from RDO.